[video]http://loiter.co/v/watch-as-1000years-of-european-boarders-change/[/video] And we're still not done.
It says a lot about this place that you had to make it clear you weren't taking the piss Stunning piece of work but it made my head hurt and i'll need to watch it a couple of times!
I like it. germany as we know was only 60/70 years old ehen oul wan ball decided to try make the whole oc Europe german
European history in fascinating,the poor Poles got it from both sides literally from the Germans/Russians even the Danish had a nibble and how does a German/Greek sit as top dogs in the British monarchy?Some names we take for granted came from some of these conflicts like cardigan,sandwich,garibaldi,napoleon brandy,adams apple etc
Enjoyed seeing Direland being occupied time and again. Regarding the Italian penninsula, I was reading last night that Venice is voting to become an independent republic again.
Why doesn't it show England occupying parts of France in the Middle Ages? They should do one going back to Ancient Greece and Rome.
It does, Jip. Although, to my eyes, there are roughly 30 flaws during the 12th and 13th century alone. One day I may go to the trouble of listing them.
The more you watch it, the more inaccurate it gets. I suppose if it goes some way to educating some of our more ignorant forum colleagues then I suppose that's no bad thing. #fthre
I'm not sure why Great Britain replaced Scotland/England in the animation 60 odd years before the Act of Union.
Likewise, I'm unsure why the Autro-Hungarian empire broke up in 1908/09 a full 10 years before it actually did.
No Iberian Union either, the video shows Spain colonising Portugal even though, at the time, Portugal had its own empire from Brazil to China. In reality, the 2 countries forged an alliance to resist the rise of the Protestant powers at the time.
England's oldest ally has been Portugal. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was signed in 1373 and has never been broken. The two countries have never fought a war directly against each other.
